Musnad Ahmad 17837

Translation

✧ “While I was at the Kaaba, between sleeping and waking, one of the three came between the two men. I was brought a golden basin filled with wisdom and faith. My chest was split from the throat to the lower belly, and my heart was washed with Zamzam water. Then it was filled with wisdom and faith. Then I was brought a mount smaller than a mule and larger than a donkey. Then I set off with Gabriel, and we came to the lowest heaven. It was said: Who is this? It was said: Gabriel. It was said: Who is with you? It was said: Muhammad. It was said: Has he been sent to? He said: Yes. It was said: Welcome to him; what a fine arrival has come. I came to Adam and greeted him, and he said: Welcome to you, son and prophet. Then we came to the second heaven. It was said: Who is this? It was said: Gabriel. It was said: Who is with you? He said: Muhammad. And the like of that. I came to Yahya and Isa and greeted them, and they said: Welcome to you, brother and prophet. Then we came to the third heaven, and the like of that. I came to Yusuf and greeted him, and he said: Welcome to you, brother and prophet. Then we came to the fourth heaven, and the like of that. I came to Idris and greeted him, and he said: Welcome to you, brother and prophet. Then we came to the fifth heaven, and the like of that. I came to Harun and greeted him, and he said: Welcome to you, brother and prophet. Then we came to the sixth heaven, and the like of that. Then I came to Musa and greeted him, and he said: Welcome to you, brother and prophet. When I passed him, he wept. It was said: What makes you weep? He said: O Lord, this young man whom You sent after me—more and better of his nation will enter Paradise than those of my nation who enter.” Then we went to the seventh heaven. Gabriel asked for it to be opened, and it was said: Who is this? It was said: Gabriel. It was said: Who is with you? It was said: Muhammad. It was said: Has he been sent to? He said: Yes. So it was opened for him. They said: Welcome to him; what a fine arrival has come. We came to Ibrahim. I said: Who is this? Gabriel said: This is your father Ibrahim. I greeted him, and he said: Welcome to the righteous son and the righteous prophet. Then the Frequented House was raised for us. Seventy thousand angels enter it every day, and when they leave it, they never return to it, as their last time. He said: Then the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary was raised to me. Its leaves were like the ears of elephants. He said: I was brought two vessels, one of wine and the other of milk. He said: I took the milk, and Gabriel said: You have chosen the primordial nature.” He said: Then fifty prayers were made obligatory upon me. I came to Musa, and he said: What have you done? I said: Fifty prayers have been made obligatory upon me. He said: I know people better than you. I struggled with the Children of Israel with the utmost struggle, and your nation will not be able to bear that. Return to your Lord and ask Him to lighten it for you. He said: So I returned to my Lord and asked Him to lighten it for me, and He made it forty. Then I returned to Musa and came to him, and he said: What have you done? I said: He made it forty. He said to me the like of his first statement. So I returned to my Lord, and He made it thirty. I came to Musa and told him, and he said to me the like of his first statement. So I returned to my Lord, and He made it twenty, then ten, then five. I came to Musa and told him, and he said to me the like of his first statement. I said: I have gone back and forth to my Lord until I was ashamed. No, but I accept and submit. He said: When I passed him, it was proclaimed to me: I have lightened it for My servants, enacted My obligations, and made for every good deed ten times its like.”

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